• Question: what is the red planet

    Asked by pinky98 to Ailsa on 22 Jun 2011.
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      Ailsa Powell answered on 22 Jun 2011:

      When people talk about the red planet they are talking about Mars.
      When you look at Mars through a telescope, or even without one, it looks red. The reason it looks red is because a chemical called iron oxide covers the surface and this chemical is red.

      Hope that answers your question 🙂

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